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    Rietvlei & Marais Dams (25532817)

    Gauteng

    Card 8096
    Compiler 613
    Location code 25532817Rietvlei & Marais Dams (Gauteng)
    Start date 2006-02-06
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:10:00
    End time 10:00:00
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 1420
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 1Bad
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    40
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    380Possibly Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    380
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    580Possibly Breeding
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    7200
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)
    10
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)
    10
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)
    10
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)
    10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    2390
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    580
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    170
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    540Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    10
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)
    40
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    180
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    50
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)
    10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)
    10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    40
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    1110
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    70
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    220
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)
    40
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)
    10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)
    10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    60


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 08:02
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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